Gregg Favre has spent most of his professional life in public service.
While with the St. Louis Fire Department, Favre was the incident commander for special events. He served as a deputy director of public safety under former Gov. Eric Greitens, and then went on to lead the St. Louis Area Regional Response System, which coordinates emergency response among the area’s fractured public safety system.
Mayor Cara Spencer hired him in November to lead the City Emergency Management Agency. The tiny department came under scrutiny in the aftermath of the devastating May 16 tornado; its previous permanent head, Sarah Russell, was fired in August for their performance…